Great discussions among social media enthusiasts usually yield a wealth of knowledge about the different tools used in social media to meet different objectives. This page is a repository for tools that come up in disucssions during chapter meetings and speaking events for your reference, and some that are already popular and well-used.
To add a tool, please include a name, link and brief description of the tool.
Twitter - microblog (free)
TweetDeck - Twitter updater and monitoring tool, manages multiple accounts (free)
Screenr - Screencasting for Twitter
Hootsuite - Twitter updater and monitoring tool, manages multiple accounts (free)
Ping.fm - updates all social networks at once (free)
Facebook - social network (free)
TweetBeep - monitoring (free)
Google Caffeine - search engine (links to article) (free)
bing - Microsoft's new search engine (free)
HubSpot - Inbound marketing system for small business (includes tracking component) (for fee)
Tweetstats - monitoring (free)
PitchEngine - distributes social media releases, customized newsroom (free to fee depending on service you choose)
SocialMention.com - searches the "universe" for mentions based on your serach terms (free)